The moment Li Fei packed up his manners and walked out of the east wing, he felt the eyes of Huo Yuanji and others in the hall instantly focused on him.
Before he could speak, Huo Yuanji said slightly apologetically: "Brother Li, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on what you said in the east wing, but... this room is not well soundproofed, and we are all warriors with sharp ears and eyesight. ,so……"
Before he finished speaking, Li Fei nodded nonchalantly.
"It doesn't matter. I didn't intend to hide these things from you."
As he said that, he looked at Huo Yuanji and asked seriously: "Brother Huo, you are here not only to investigate what happened back then, right?"
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the four people present changed slightly.
Li Fei is the orphan of Leping Village. If the murderer who committed murder twice in Xuandu has the murder motive that happened in Leping Village, then the murderer's gang is most likely to be from Leping Village. Then will Li Fei tell them the truth? ?
I'm afraid it's hard to say.
Huo Yuanji was stunned for a moment and then smiled.
"Brother Li, I'll tell you the truth. I came to Bozhou to investigate Liu Kong's official reputation in Bozhou and whether he has any enemies."
Li Feidao: "After your investigation, you found that he did a lot of evil during his tenure and had countless enemies. The most likely one was the incident that destroyed our village."
Huo Yuanji nodded and said, "Yes, because Min Lin died in the fire, but before that he was starved for many days and was on the verge of death."
Li Fei's eyes flickered slightly.
Huo Yuanji added: "We found out that Leping Village was also destroyed by fire in the end. If there is no connection between the two, Brother Li wouldn't believe it, right?"
Li Fei did not deny what he said, but just asked: "But those two thieves committed many crimes by killing people and setting fires while in office. They are not necessarily the only ones in our village, right?"
Huo Yuanji just smiled and said: "That's true, but since Brother Li has asked this question, it means that you have also become suspicious, right?"
Li Fei was speechless.
Seeing that he had been right, Huo Yuanji struck while the iron was hot: "Brother Li, I know you are afraid that it was the orphan from the same village who committed the crime and it would hurt the other person's concerns if you told him about it. But if you don't tell this matter, how can you reveal the truth of that year?" Dabai, how can we bring the real culprit to justice?"
Li Fei's eyes flashed when he heard this.
"The culprit? Why is Brother Huo so sure?"
Huo Yuanji smiled and said: "Liu Kong is not the kind of person who is bold and reckless. On the contrary, he has always been cautious and cunning. What's more, he was just a small county magistrate at the time. How bold he is, if not I would never dare to burn villages and kill people if someone instigates me or if I have someone behind me."
Li Fei said nothing and seemed to be thinking about it.
But Huo Yuanji was already smiling in his heart.
As expected, Li Fei breathed a long sigh of relief after a moment of silence and said, "Okay, I will tell you the truth back then."
Lin Feifei and Tang Fengling looked at each other and smiled.
The Thief Saint also touched the beard on his chin with a smile.
Yan Zun, this disciple, has a very good sense of people's hearts.
No wonder I have friends all over the world.
Li Fei sorted out his thoughts and spoke slowly: "Twelve years ago, there was a severe drought in Bozhou, especially in Boling County. The people were not hungry. The court heard about it and sent a disaster relief officer to provide relief."
Huo Yuanji and the other three looked at each other, and then looked at the Thief Saint together.
The Thief Saint nodded slightly and said, "This is the current uncle, the former Lehou Qi Yunsheng."
Huo Yuanji's eyes flashed slightly.
He had heard of Lehou Qi Yunsheng. He was now the only uncle in the imperial court. He had a high status and lived in seclusion. He rarely appeared in the court.
Li Fei nodded: "It seems you have heard of it too."
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"Uncle Guo? Are you sure?"
Emperor Nangong Xuanye looked at the official minister kneeling below.
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel knelt on the ground and said categorically, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Personnel has recorded it here, and I will never dare to deceive it."
Nangong Xuanye looked at the files on the bookcase and nodded.
It is clearly recorded in the file that Liu Kong was promoted from Boling County Magistrate to Bozhou Governor precisely because of the strong recommendation of Lehou Qi Yunsheng.
"Marquis Le has lived in seclusion and ignored government affairs since I came to the throne. I didn't expect that such deeds would happen. It seems like I should go to the Marquis Mansion to visit this uncle."
The official minister did not dare to speak.
"You go down first and tell Marquis Wu the news."
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel hurriedly resigned. Soon he arrived at Jiulong Mansion and met Chen Yutian, who was now Wuhou.
"Sir Lin." Chen Yutian sat down with Lin Nansheng, the newly promoted minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, as host and guest. After a few polite words, he asked, "I wonder what your purpose is in Jiulong Mansion?"
Lin Nansheng got straight to the point, "I am here to convey something to Marquis Chen based on the emperor's oral instructions."
Chen Yutian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "What's the matter?"
Lin Nansheng looked at Chen Yutian and lowered his voice a little, "Liu Kong was promoted from the magistrate of Boling County to the governor of Bozhou because he was recommended by his uncle."
Chen Yutian narrowed his eyes slightly.
After Lin Nansheng finished speaking, he stood up and left.
Chen Yutian was sitting in the meeting hall, his eyes flashing slightly.
"Uncle Guo? Liu Kong was not born in the capital, and he is a son of a common people. It is unlikely that he will have anything to do with Uncle Guo."
"Then why did the uncle recommend Liu Kong to become the governor of Bozhou?"
Just as he was wondering, Xuan Xi walked in.
"What are you doing here, Master Lin?"
Chen Yutian retracted his thoughts and said, "Come to convey His Majesty's oral instructions."
Xuan Xi raised his eyebrows slightly, "What oral order?"
Chen Yutian repeated Lin Nansheng's words.
"Uncle? Liu Kong is just a commoner, so he shouldn't have a chance to see him, right?"
Xuan Xi frowned slightly.
Chen Yutian nodded, "I haven't thought about this, but according to the first letter sent back by Brother Huo and the others, Liu Kong's official reputation in Bozhou is extremely bad. Once this behavior is revealed, Uncle Guo will His reputation will definitely be damaged."
Xuan Xi nodded slightly, and then his eyes flashed as if he remembered something.
"I remembered. The last time my uncle appeared in the court was when he came back from disaster relief in Bozhou and went to the temple to meet the saint."
"Bozhou disaster relief?" Chen Yutian wondered, "I remember that since the emperor came to the throne, there seems to be no major natural disaster, right?"
Xuan Xi nodded, "Yes, that happened during my father's lifetime. Bozhou was hit by a disaster, and the imperial court sent his uncle to go to the disaster relief. That was also the last thing my uncle did in the court. After that, he lived in seclusion and no longer Going to court."
When Chen Yutian heard this, he seemed to have caught something.
"That year?"
Xuan Xi shook his head, "I can't remember the specific time. I was still young at that time. Once when I went to my mother's palace, I happened to see my mother and uncle quarreling. They were talking about providing disaster relief in Bozhou. thing."
"Quarrel?" Chen Yutian's eyes flashed.
Xuan Xi nodded, "Yes, my mother seemed very angry at that time and kept scolding my uncle. Because I have never seen my mother and concubine look so angry, so I was particularly impressed by this incident."
Hearing this, Chen Yutian raised the corner of his mouth slightly.
It seems necessary to investigate the details of Bozhou's disaster relief.
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"This matter was known to the whole world at that time and was not considered a secret."
In Li Fei's house, the Thief Saint smiled slightly.
Huo Yuanji was helpless. How old were these people twelve years ago?
"But sir, you definitely don't know what the disaster relief was like in Bozhou back then, right?"
Li Fei's eyes were heavy and he spoke in a deep voice.
The Thief Saint shook his head.
Li Fei spoke coldly, with a bit of hatred.
"Then let me tell you the details of the disaster relief work that year."
"Back then, Boling County suffered the most serious disaster, so as soon as the imperial court's disaster relief team arrived in Bozhou, they came to Boling first."
"But the food that should have been used for disaster relief did not fall into the hands of the people affected by the disaster."
As soon as Li Fei said these words, the four people present were slightly startled.
"How ridiculous is it that the food used for disaster relief and life-saving efforts did not fall into the hands of the victims? But that was how it was back then."
Li Fei's tone became a little angry. During his narration, everyone gradually became clear about some things that happened that year.
When Lehou came to Boling County that year, he did not distribute the relief food to the victims. Instead, he held the relief food in his hands and forced the people to pay for it.
The people most affected by the drought are the people who rely on the fields for food. Most of these people are poor. Where do they get the money to buy food from the government?
Therefore, these disaster relief grains were basically taken away by the so-called grain store landlords at high prices, and then they waited for opportunities to raise prices and sold them to wealthy families with plenty of money at high prices.
On the contrary, the farmers who were really hit by the disaster did not receive any relief.
"How unreasonable?!" Lin Feifei slapped the armrest angrily.
Huo Yuanji's face was also full of anger.
"Deserves to be killed!" Tang Fengling even looked angrily.
Most of the people in the martial arts world will not hide their true temperaments in this regard.
"It was Liu Kong who did these things back then, right? And behind him, was that Lehou?"
Huo Yuanji's voice was slightly deep.
He even wants to squander the people's relief food, which is simply inhumane.
Li Fei nodded, "Yes, Liu Kong did it, and the person who instructed him was Lehou Qi Yunsheng."
